Economics Major: Degrees and Tracks (Effective Fall 2009)

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Program Structure: The economics department offers three undergraduate degrees:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) awarded by the Tippie College of Business

Each degree has three alternative tracks. Every student, upon declaration of the economics major, is required to select one of the three tracks. The track designation will appear on the transcript. The tracks have both common and unique course requirements, with the unique requirements intended to provide direction to the students. The tracks are as follows.

Business Track in Economics
Intended for students who plan to take positions in the private sector, or who ultimately seek an MBA degree after gaining necessary experience.

Policy Track in EconomicsIntended for students who seek a law school degree, a graduate degree in less quantitative areas, or decision-making positions in the public or private sectors.

Analytical Track in Economics
Intended for students who seek a graduate degree in more quantitative areas, or technical/analytical positions in the public or private sectors.

In addition to the quantitative requirements listed above, all students must take 6E:001 Principles of Microeconomics and 6E:002 Principles of Macroeconomics.

Within economics, B.A. students take 21 semester hours, and B.S. and BBA students take 18 semester hours, of courses numbered above 6E:100. These must include ECON:3100/6E:104 Microeconomic Theory or ECON:3140/6E:106 Advanced Microeconomics, and ECON:3120/6E:105 Macroeconomics, while the remaining courses are selected from a distinct set of courses corresponding to each track. Specifically, the available options for economics majors are the following:

Five courses (B.A.) or four courses (B.S. and BBA) numbered between 6E:111 and 6E:189, including at least four courses (B.A.) or three courses (B.S. and BBA) courses selected from the following set:
ECON:4090/6E:183 Natural Resource Economics
ECON:4110/6E:173 International Economics
ECON:4140/6E:175 Labor Economics
ECON:4160/6E:176 Public Sector Economics
ECON:4170/6E:174 Monetary Economics
ECON:4180/6E:177 Industrial Organization
ECON:4190/6E:187 Mathematical Economics
ECON:4200/6E:188 Game Theory
ECON:4700/6E:189 Topics in Analytical Economics

The courses ECON:3360/6E:158 American Economic History and ECON:3600/6E:179 History of Economic Thought are
outside of any track groupings, although they can be used to satisfy the requirement of five (four for BBA)
courses numbered between ECON:3325/6E:111 and ECON:4700/6E:189.

ECON:4800/6E:184 Introduction to Econometrics is not listed on any track requirement either, but is
included as part of the quantitative corequisite courses.

The two topics courses, ECON:3875/6E:169 Topics in Policy Economics and ECON:4700/6E:189 Topics in
Analytical Economics, will be offered on a one-off basis or used to develop new courses for the
Business or Policy Tracks and the Analytical Track, respectively.